Article by
Barbados Today

Published on
February 4, 2017

St Joseph MP Dale Marshall has hailed the commencement of work in Joes River for a temporary bypass, which will allow for much needed repair work to be undertaken on Joes River bridge.
Residents of the area have been complaining of the deterioration of the bridge for some time now.Work has begun on Joes River.
Marshall posted photos of the ongoing work on his Facebook page today, and said that the Ministry of Transport and Works started work two days ago. According to him, it is moving along “at a nice rate” and the bypass should be done in another week.
“I think that constituents will remember the last time a bypass road was cut through that area and the challenges navigating it when the slightest rain fell. I am assured that this time, the road, though temporary, will be finished with an asphalt surface.
“I have no indication yet of when the bridge repair will commence, but this is a good start, I think,” Marshall said.

He said the work mars the natural beauty of the Joes River forest, but it is for a good cause.
“I hope that someday soon the Joes River forest itself will be restored to a place of significance to all of Barbados. For the moment, the safety of the users of the bridge take precedence,” Marshall said.

This is how the politicians treats the people in barbados , what ever is going to be done on this road , is only being done because of election time is coming, it wouldn’t last , just as like the pot hole patching , the same way it was done 50 years ago simple ,simple technology is there to do a better job but its so hard to be adopted by barbados….

This is how the politicians treats the people in barbados , what ever is going to be done on this road , is only being done because of election time is coming, it wouldn’t last , just as like the pot hole patching , the same way it was done 50 years ago simple ,simple technology is there to do a better job but its so hard to be adopted by barbados….

We love this but please do not transform the bridge arch from its uniqueness. Remembering the year June 1968 in the Esso June motor rally when Bobby Gill and Bizzy Williams broke down there in a Lotus Super 7 The cause was water ingesting through the carburetors The on board problem was they were just sitting in a bathtub atmosphere.

We love this but please do not transform the bridge arch from its uniqueness. Remembering the year June 1968 in the Esso June motor rally when Bobby Gill and Bizzy Williams broke down there in a Lotus Super 7 The cause was water ingesting through the carburetors The on board problem was they were just sitting in a bathtub atmosphere.